dominant
/ˈdɑmɪnənt/
noun
- A person or thing that is most powerful or important.
- The company became the dominant in the smartphone market.
- In the pack, the alpha wolf is the dominant.
- She was the dominant in their partnership, making all major decisions.
- In genetics, a dominant trait or allele.
- The dominant for curly hair is expressed in most offspring.
- He inherited the dominant for dimples from his father.
- The dominant in this cross produces yellow seeds.
- In music, the fifth note of a diatonic scale or the chord built on it.
- The piece ends with a resolution from the dominant to the tonic.
- The dominant is a fifth above the tonic.
- She played a G major chord as the dominant in the key of C.
adjective
- Most powerful, important, or influential.
- The dominant team won the championship easily.
- English is the dominant language in international business.
- Her dominant personality made her a natural leader.
- In genetics, describing a trait that appears even when only one copy of the gene is present.
- Brown eyes are a dominant trait over blue eyes.
- In pea plants, the allele for tall stems is dominant.
- The dominant gene for flower color produced red petals.
- In music, relating to the fifth note of a scale or the chord built on it.
- He played a dominant seventh chord in the bridge.
- The dominant chord creates tension that resolves to the tonic.
- The piece moves from the tonic to the dominant and back.
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